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Oregon's Medical Marijuana Act, which was approved by voters in 1998, allows people with cancer, glaucoma, AIDS and other conditions to use marijuana with a doctor's permission.

At the urging of state environmental groups, Mr. McGreevey spent the last year working on the Highlands water protection and planning act, which was approved by the Legislature in June.

Moreover, the EPA did not dream up the seemingly haphazard process by which most of these rules are formulated and applied: that is dictated by the Clean Air Act, which was approved by Congress in 1970 and updated in 1990, both times with strong bipartisan support.That bipartisanship has since evaporated.

That 2% includes the $500 million added by the 21st Century Cures Act, which was approved by Congress and signed into law by Obama.

The state has funds for the coast but also needs money from the RESTORE Act, which was approved by the U.S. Senate this month and awaits a House of Representatives decision.

So far, 180 members — including 17 Californians — have joined Davis in sponsoring the Women Airforce Service Pilot Arlington Inurnment Restoration Act, which was approved by the House Veterans Affairs Committee in February.

The Arkansas chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union filed the lawsuit on behalf of the families in Pulaski County Circuit Court seeking to overturn Act 1, which was approved by voters in last month's general election.

"It is the case of David versus Goliath again that we are confronted with," said Representative Hank Johnson, a Democrat from Georgia who sponsored the Discount Pricing Consumer Protection Act of 2009, which was approved by the House Judiciary Committee last week.

An act of the Indiana General Assembly, which was approved January 30 , 1836 created Jay County effective after March 1 , 1836

Gov. George E. Pataki of New York, a Republican, said it was "outrageous that the Clinton administration had failed to act" on the state's plan, which was approved by the State Legislature in 1999 and was to take effect on Jan . 1of this year.

Mr. Spano said the proposal to establish a Biodiversity Reserve to protect habitats is the first action to follow the recently enacted Westchester Endangered Species Act, which was unanimously approved by the Board of Legislators earlier this month.